Bottle-filling machine.



No. 648,852. Patented May I, |900.

H. J. COUSINS, J. W. FLUWERJGI, A. P. PROUT. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

(Application filed. Dec. 30, 1897. Renewed Mar. 24, 1900.-)

' (No Model.)

E llllllId n NITED STATES ATnN'r Erice.

ROBERT JOHN COUSINS, JOHNWVALTER FLOVER, AND ALGERNON P. PROUT, OF FON'lllIELT. MAGNA, ENGLAND.

BOTTLE-FILLING enact-nests.

sPncIrIcAtrIoN forming part ef Letters Patent No. 648,852, dated Mey 1, ieoo.

Application filed December 30, 1897. Renewed March 24, 19,00. Serial Nor 10,092. (No model.) i

To czLZ whom it may concern! Beit known that we,RoBERT JOHN Cousins, JOHN WALTER FLOWER, andALcEnNoN Pn- TERPROUT, subjects of the Queen of Great' Britain, residing at Fontmell Magna, in the county of Dorset, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Filling Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to wh ich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle-lling machines of the kind 'wherein a'rotatable reservoir having filling-tubes is employed.

According means whereby the valve regulatingth low of the liquid with which the bottles are ll'ed into the reservoir can be adjusted so as to vary the height to'which the said liquid is allowed to liow into the reservoir, in order to adapt the apparatus for lling bottles of different capacities. We also provide means whereby the filling-tubes are normally closed and are opened-when the bottles to be filledare placed in position on an adjustable sup-l port or stand.

In order that our invention may be more readily'understood, wehave' caused to be attached hereto one shcet'of drawings, in which similar letters and numerals refer to similar parts. 4

, The Adrawings represent a sectional-eleva-4 tion of the apparatus.

Our apparatus consists of a base-plate A, having on its lower side a boss B, with bush C of suitable material. The lower end of said bushy is screwed for the nut D, forming` a. union for the inlet-pipe E. 0n -the'uppeif side'of said base-plate A is a boss F, con-l nected to the base-plate by means of two webs. The boss F has a bush G of suitable material. The bush'edbosses B and F form bearings for the revolving tube H, which has a thread cut on itl outside and a J inside. The end otjthe tube H is formed with a sleeve K, preferably of phosphorbronze. The tubel-I has also attached toit, by means of 'af' screw L or other 'suitable means, a bevel-wheel M, driven by bevel-pin- 'lengths of bottle.

to our invention we provide consist of a suitable number of tubes 9,

brass lining ion N on spindle O, to which is keyed the driving-pulley?. Il desired, fast and loose pulleys may' Aruns in suitable bearings,'as shown at R and S. The bottle-stand consists of two rings T and U, supported by the arms V, preferably cast in the nut W,which can be screwed up anddown the tube H to suit' the diierent Ilfhe nut W is provided with any Well-known means of locking in any position on the said tube. To the top of the tube I-I is fixed the bossed plate X, which has riveted to it the reservoir Y, preferably fprrned of tinned copper. vThe ow of liquid to the reservoir is regulated as follows: A iioat Z is formed at its center into a nut 1,

be used; The said spindle O working on the screwed sleeve ,2, with lock-MH nut- 'llhesleeve- 2;-slidingon'ti1'e guide e, is formed at its lower end into a fork 5, engaging with the tubular sliding valve 6, working against an india-rubber or other suitable seat 7, screwed to the top of the tube H. It will be readily understood that any liquid under pressure admitted to the inlet-pipe E Awill ri-se through the tube H and valve 6 'into' the res-- `ervoir until the float is raised suciently to close the valve. Should any liquid be drawn oi from the reservoir, the ioat will fall, Opening the valve and-admitting a furtherl supply; By means of the screw .2 and vlock-nut 8 the float maybe adjusted to maintain any desired depth of liquid. The filling-tubes erably about twelve, in the form of siphons, hinged at l0 to the projections 11, formed on a removable angle-ring 12. The projections 11 arealso -p rovidedwith suitable disks 13, preferably of indiarubber, forming, with the ends ofthe lining-tubes, valves regulating the flow of liquid through the siphons or tubes 9. The said tubesreprovided with projections 14, working against dat springs 15, the tendency of which is to keep the ends ci l the tubes against' the disks. The dotted lines represent the .center lines of other tubes. A bottle 16 if shown on .the machine in position for filling. Itwillbe readily understood that the act'of putting' the" bottle over the tube causes the end of said tube to move away from the indiarubber disks and so allows the fixed to the shackle-piece 8, which is' pref-v liquid inthe reservoir to pass into the bottle. Asthe reservoir and bottle-stand are caused to rotate ata suitable speed the attendant has simply to put on the empty bottles and remove the full ones.

Our bottle-filling machines can be employed alone ory in conjunction with asnit-- able corking-machine, in which latter case suitable mechanism is provided for enabling the reservoir to be rotated at the same speed as the bottle-stand or support of the corkingmachine.

Having now particularly .described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is l. In a vbottle-lling machine, the combination with the externally-threaded tube H, surmonnted by a reservoir Y of the adjustable bottle-stand, comprising the nut, lV, arms V, and rings T, ll, the rings being so arranged as to hold the bottles at an angle or inclination, substantially-as described.

2. In a bottle-filling machine the combination with the reservoir V and Siphon 9 of the movable ring 12 supported on the edge of the reservoir, substantially as described.

3.. In a bottle-filling machine, the combi# nation with a central. filling-tube, and a reservolr mounted thereon, ofthe adjustable float Z, having central nut, 1, screwthreaded sleeve-guide '4, having at its lower end the fork, 5, sliding valve 6, shackle-piece 8and seat 7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT JOHN COUSINS. JOHN WALTER FLOWER. ALGERNON P. PROUT.

' Witnesses:

G. F. WARREN, Tiros. C. HOMILLER. 

